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WikiLeaks is a Top Trending Topic in the UK

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Did you know that twitter search sucks?

Facebook’s search engine is also an epic fail. Why use such crap? The Paper.LI algorithms are rotten, as are the search functions of many other services — there are simply many shitty search engines. The only algorithm that works across … Continue reading

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How to make a completely meaningless hypothesis: Track 2 statistics, neither of which you are able to define / explain / describe / whatever

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#Context is more important than #content. A message from @tiffanyshlain vs. #random #bits @google #search

We spend so much time looking for information online, it becomes that much more important to understand the context when you find that information. Tiffany Shlain’s UC Berkeley Keynote Commencement Speech Post Search Info Pl Home News Forum

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“Every website is an app (application)” John Battelle, Federated Media + author of “The Search”

I agree — indeed, I’ve said this for many years already! I also said it just the other day (sounds kind of like Lena, doesn’t it? ). Nonetheless, there are still many laggards out there — so all you laggards: … Continue reading

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Did you know that it’s not possible to search for the word “twitter” in posts (i.e. “tweets”) on twitter.com?

Try it yourself — the results are: garbage. O_O Post Search Info Pl Home News Forum

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I’ve recently discovered that FaceBook groups posts to the timeline by domain name #Wisdom of the #Language at work! :D

I do find this remarkable — I believe it is one of the first times [1] I have seen a site use the Wisdom of the Language to order data [2]. Good news! [1] Though not <i>teh</i> first time (simply … Continue reading

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When people write stuff online + do not provide any context for their ideas, then they are alienating their readers

Basically, what it means when someone says something without providing any context is something like: You are nothing to me, you are entirely interchangeable with the next random person who might happen to read this, your interests don’t interest me … Continue reading

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#LOL @Pierre the #Wisdom of the #Crowds isn’t what it’s cracked up to be, is it? ;D No, no, no it ain’t crowds, babe — it’s #Language you’re #searching for!

If you are one of the 300,000+ people following me because Twitter made you, please unfollow. I can’t remember all your names. http://twitter.com/pierre/status/13962028807 Post Search Info Pl Home News Forum

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